Candy-wrapping machine.



J. PENDLEBERRY CANDY WRAPPING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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INVENTOR ATTOHNE V W. J. PBNDLEBERRY. CANDY WRAPPING MACHINE.A-PPLI0ATI0N FILED MAR. 1, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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J. PBNDLEBERRY CANDY WRAPPING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAB. 1, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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CANDY WRAPPING MAGHINE.

APPLIUATION FILM) MAE.1, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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W. J. PENDLEBERRY.

UANDY WRAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION 11.31 MAR. 1, 1909.

964,689. Patented July 19, 1910.

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CANDY WRAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IILBD MAB. 1, 1909.

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CANDY WRAPPING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 1, 1909.

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UN TED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

WILLIAM J. PENDLEBERRY, OF KNOXVILLE BOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-THIRD TO THOMAS H. \VALLACE, OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CANDY-WRAPPING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 19, 1910.,

Application filed March 1, 1909. Serial No. 480,571.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. PENDLE- BnnRY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and residing in the borough of Knoxville, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvama, have invented or discovered new anduseful Improvements in Oandy wrapping Machines, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention consists of new and useful improvements in machinesintended for use 1n cutting candy into sections or pieces and wra pers.Iii

wrapping or inclosing the same in paper ave illustrated the invention inthe accompanying drawings as applied to a machine for the production ofcandy kisses, which are small pieces of talfy with a paper wrapperfolded about the same, the ends of the wrapper being twisted, but theinvention is equally applicable to the production of stick candy, orcaramels where the wrapper is folded only and not twisted, or any otherform of candy pieces inclosed in a wrapper or covering of any kind.

Generally speaking my machine consists of means for feeding in the candystrip, preferably by a step by step movement; means for feeding in thewrapper paper, also preferably by a step by. step movement; means forcutting the candy strip into sections of the proper length and strippingsaid section from the candy knife; means for shearing the wrapping paperinto sections of the desired length'and feeding said sections underneaththe candy sections; oscillating means for folding the wrapper laterallyabout the candy and delivering the candy piece and wrapper to themechanism for makingthe final fold or twist to the wrapper to completethe inclosure of the candy.

I. have shown in the drawings, twisting mechanism, in duplicate, fortwisting the unfolded ends of the wrapper but it will be understood thatthe final operation may be that of folding instead of twisting, by thesubstitution of a folding'mechanism of any convenient form for thetwisters.

I have shown an oscillating disk which receives the candy sections,superimposed on their wrappers, from the cutting and shearing devices,and alternately delivers the 'at either side of the machine.

same to the twisters which are in duplicate I ,have also shown a fixedfolder adjacent to either side of the oscillating disk, cooperating witha moving folder which oscillates from one side of the disk to the other.I have also shown means interposed between the candy cuttin mechanismand the oscillating disk whic operates to turn the lateral edges of thewrapper up into a vertical plane so that they may be folded flat on thecandy section by the said folders.

Many other novel constructions and arrangements of parts will appearfrom the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure. 1 is a vertical section of themachine along the line I-I in Fig. 2, looking toward the left; Fig. 2 isa plan view of the machine; Fig. 3 is a reduced side elevation; Fig. 4is a reduced vertical section of the machine along the line IV-V in Fig.2'looking toward the candy feeding mechanism, and Fig. 5 is a similarsection looking in the opposite direction; Fig. 6 is an enlarged detailof the candy feeding mechanism; Fig. 7 is a detail of the candy cuttingmechanism; Fig. 8 is a front view of the lower portion of the mechanismshown in Fig. 7 Fig. 9 is a detail of the step by step paper feedingrolls; Fig. 10 is a side view of the same with the rolls omitted; Fig.11 is a front view in detail of the candy cutting mechanism, oscillatingdisk and folders; Fig. 12 is a se arate view of the oscillating diskwith the c osing plate removed; Fig. 13 is a horizontal sectionof thedisk as shown in Fig. 11; Fig. 14: is a plan .view showing'theoscillating disk and twisters; Fig. 15 is a detail plan showing theracks operating the twister shafts 1011 itudinally; Fig. 16 is a sideelevation of t e same; Fig. 17 is a vertical section along the line XVIIXV'II in Fig. 2, showin means for rotating the twister shafts, and ig.18 is a side view of the same; Fig. 19 is an enlarged, plan view of acompleted candy kiss.-

The following is a description of the drawings, which, however, aremerel intended to illustrate a practical embodiment of the principles ofmy invention and not intended to limit the scope thereof to theconstruction shown.

The various 591110118 of my machine are mounted on an in a table or mainframe A. B. represents the candy feed mechanism;

" C. the candy cutting mechanism; 1). the

with corresponding gears, 3-3, which are mounted, respectively, onlongitudinal shafts 4 and 4.

The candy feeding mechanism B is driven by means of an eccentric 5 onshaft 4 on which is mounted a strap 6 provided with a standard 7 inwhich is mounted a pivot block 8 provided with a rod 9 sliding in fixedsleeve 10. 11 is the candy head mounted in in a step by step rotation ofroll frame 12 in which are also mounted the feed rolls 13 and 13.

14 is a gear rigidly mounted on the extended shaft of roll 13 and 15 isa lever loosely mounted on said shaft and provided with a 'pawl16engaging the teeth of gear 14. The lever 15 is ,pivotally connected withrod 9 and the depression of said rod results 13 in the direction of thearrow in Fig. Pawl 17 35prevents the rotation of said roll in the wrongdirection. A hand lever 15 is provided with a pawl 16 which engages agear 14 on the prolonged shaft of roll 13 to enable the candy strip a tobe fed into the rolls by hand to start the machine. ""T will nowdescribe the candy cutting mechanism, C.

18 is a vertical head supported by any convenient means from the tableA, as by the horizontal braces, 1919, extending from frame 12.

20 is a cutter bar slidably mounted in head.

18 and provided at its lower end with a knife 21.

22 is a lever pivoted intermediate of its ends to a fixed point on tableA, as at 23.

24 is a link substantially vertical, one end of which is pivoted to theend of lever 22 and the other end pivoted to bar 20.

25-is a rod slidably, mounted in vertical sleeve 26 secured to table A.The upper end of rod 25 is connected b a lost motion pivot to the endof'lever 22. he lower end of rod 25 is attached to slide 27 which ismounted in guide 28 secured to frame A. A. bolt 29 'passingthrough guide28 engages a vertical slot 30 in slide 27 to retain the slide in theguide. The'lower end of slide 27 is provided with a roller 31- whichmoves in the cam groove 32in the'face of disk 33, which is rigidlymounted on the shaft 4. It is evident that the rotation of shaft 4 willalternately raise and lowerthe knife 21, thus cutting the candy strip,a, into sections such as candy kisses, a a &c. (Fig. 11.)

33 is a stripper plate mounted on the lower end of a vertical rod 34which is slid ably mounted in the hollow cutter bar 20 and extends abovesaid bar.-

35 is a leaf spring secured at its lower end to head 18 and having itsupper end provided with a horizontal finger35 adapted to enter a socket36 in the rod 34, thus holding the stripping plate 33 down against thesevered portion of the candy strip until the knife 21 is elevated out ofcontact and engagement therewith. The upper end of leaf spring 35'isbent inwardly toward the 'rod 34 so that, when the knife 21 has ascendedsufiiciently to clear the candy, the upper end of cutter. bar 20,engaging said leaf spring, forces the same outwardly so that the finger35 is disengaged from the socket 36 in the rod 34. 1

36 is a pin transfixing rod 34 at the proper height, so that when saidlinger 35 is disengaged, the upper end of the cutter bar 20 en ages thesaid pin 36 and raises the stripping plate 33 out of the way of thecandy strip which is now fed under the knife 21. The candy after'beingsevered is thus held down by the stripping plate until the, knife isdisengaged.

i will next describe mechanism, D. v

37 is a roll of oiled or other suitable paper for candy wrapping,mounted on standards 38-38 secured to table A.

39 is an idle guide roll journaled in a swinging frame 40 pivotallymounted on brackets 38 -38, and spring actuated, as shown at 41, toexert a constant downward the paper feeding .pressure on the paper 5 asit feeds from the roll 37 thus preventing the occurrence of slack.

42 and 42 are a .pair of rolls, horizontally journaled in standards43-43 mounted on table A, the upper roll 42 being directly journaled insliding boxes 44-44 mounted in said standards, which boxes are providedwith spring tension devices 45 and 45 whereby the rolls obtain a propergri on the pa er I). The shaft of the lower r0 1 42 is prolonged beyondthe standard 44 androvided with a sprocket wheel 46 which is operativelyconnected by chain 47 with a similar sprocket wheel 48 rigidly mountedon a shaft 49 journaled transversely in the lower portion of table A.adjacent to and parallel with shaft 1. The shaft 49 is power driven bymeans of its rigidly mounted gear 50 which meshes with a similar gear 51rigidly mounted onfthe' main power shaft 1.. A hand wheel 52 is providedfor the shaft of said roll 42 so that cross head connecting said boxesabove said roll. 57 is a nut engaging the threaded end of one of saidrods having suspended therefrom a spring 58 coiled about said rod andintended to limit the upward motion of said roll but contacting withcross head 56. The paper 5 is led beneath the sliding roll 53 so thatsaid roll by rising and falling takes up the slack between constantrotating rolls 42 and 42 and the step by step rolls 59 and 59 whoseconstruction and operation I will now describe. These last named rollsare horizontally journaled in standards 60--60 mounted on table A. Theshaft of the lower roll 59 is extended through one of said standards 60and is provided with a third supporting standard, 61, also mounted .on'table A. Said shaft is provided at its extremity with a hand wheel 62 toenable the paper I) to be fed through the rolls 59 and 59" before themachine is put into general operation. Adjacent to hand wheel 62, saidshaft is provided with arigidly mounted gear 63 and a loosely mountedgear 64.

is a pawl pivoted to the face of gear 64 and adapted to engage the teethof gear 63 so that when the gear 64 is rotated in the direction of thearrow in Fig. 10, the said pawl 65 engaging the teeth of gear 63 causesit to revolve with gear 64, but when the gear 64 is rotated in thedirection reverse to the arrow, the pawl trips over the teeth of gear 63without rotating said gear. Thus the roll 59? is rotated by means of thegear 64 and the operative mechanism to be described, in the direction ofthe arrow only.

59 and 59 represent intermeshing gears respectively mounted on theshafts of the rolls 59 and 59, thus imparting motion to roll 59.Rotation in alternate directions is imparted to gear 64 by means of avertical rack 66 which meshes with said gear and is secured at its lowerend to a slide 67 mounted in guide 68 in which it is retained by meansof bolt 69 passing through said guide and engaging a slot 70 in saidslide 67.

71 is a shaft j ournaled in the base of table -A parallel with shaft 49and rotated therefrom by means of intermcshing gears 72 and 73,

respectively mounted on shafts 71 and 49.

74 is an eccentric rigidly mounted on shaft- 71, and 75 is a strapencircling said eccentric. 76 is a connecting'rod mounted on said strap75 and pivoted at its upper end to slide 67, whereby a reciprocatingmotion is imparted to the rack 66 which in turn imparts rotation inalternate directions to the gear 64, which rotation, as above 16-.scribed, results in step by step, or intermittent, rotation of the rolls59 and 59 as shown by the arrows in Fig. 10.

77 is an idle roll, suitably journaled from table A and leading thepaper 5 into rolls 59 and 59.

78 is a pivoted, spring actuated stripper plate in front of roll 59 toprevent the paper I) from winding about said roll, and 79 is a fixedstripper plate mounted in front of roll 59 for the same purpose, saidplates serving to hold the paper I) in proper horizontal alinement whenpassing from said rolls and being sheared. I

80 is a table extending from frame 12 toward the Zone of the knife 21,and Sl8l are parallel plates extending from the table 80 on each side ofthe zone of said knife, to a point adjacent to the guide plates 78 and7!), the outer, lateral edges of said plates 81.-81 being preferablyupwardly curved to hold the paper against lateral movement, as shown inFig. 11.

I will now describe the paper shearing mechanism, E.

S2 is a fixed blade mounted horizontally on standard 606() and abuttingagainst the fixed plate 79. r

83 is a swin ing blade, adapted to cooperate with fixed blade 82 andpivoted therefrom. The free end of blade 83 is in turn pivotallyconnected with the upper end of connecting rod -84 whose lower end ispivoted to the lever 85 intermediate of.t.he ends of said lever. One endof he lever 85 is pivotedto a portion of the table A, while the otherend of said lever 85 is pivoted to the plunger rod 86 passing downthrough a portion of said table A.

87 is a spring, coiled about plunger 86, its lower end bearing againsttable A and its upper end bearing against the pivoted end of the plunger86. The spring 87 thus tends to normally hold elevated the blade 83 outof contact with the blade 82, so that the paper I; can be advancedbetween said blades.

88 is a cam fixed on the shaft 4-and adapted to strike against a rollerpin 8!) mounted on the side of lever 85. The rotation of said shaft 4and cam 88 will drive lever 85 down against the action of spring 87 oncein every revolution of shaft 4, thus drawii'lg pivoted blade 83 sharplydown into coiiperation with fixed blade 82 and shearing a section of theproper length from the paper I).

I will now describe the oscillating candy disk mechanism 1*, which rceives the portion of candy from the candy cutting mechanism restingupon a section of'paper from the paper Shearing mechanism, and deliversannular gear 94: which is engaged by a vertical rack 95 extending upthrough table A and attached at its lower end to a plate 96, (Fig. 1)provided with a vertical slot, 96, through which passes the shaft 1.

97 is a cam rigidly mounted on .shaft 1" and 98-98 represent rollerscarried by plate 96 and engaging said cam 97 from both above and belowso that the rotation of said cam imparts vertical reciprocation to saidplate 96 and also to rack 95 thus rotating gear 94 and with it disk 90alternately in either direction. This oscillation consists in sub-'stantially a quarter turn to disk-90. 99 is a plunger secured to thelower end of plate 96 and provided at its lower end with a pistonworking in air cylinder 100, whereby the jar of operation is removedfrom said disk and the machine in general.

' 1.01 is a wheel rigidly mounted on shaft 91 within the plane of theperimeter 93 of disk 90 and provided on its inner face with a cam groove102. 103-103" represent two rollers seated in said groove-102 and mounted on standards 104- and 104;, respectively, said standards beingslidably secured to the inner face of disk 90 by means of straps 105-105The free ends of standards 10 1 and 10-1 are provided with cross heads.

106-106 having bifurcated ends in which are pivoted the fingers,107-107, whose outer extremities are adapted to be forced out throughthe apertures 108-108 and 108=-108 in the perimeter of the disk 90. Theapertures 108 -108 are formed through the shoulders 92-92 as shown inFig. 12. The inner ends of fingers 107-107 are pro vided with angularprojections 109-109 which when the standards 1041 or'10 1 are forcedoutwardly by the action of its roller in the cam groove of wheel 101,strike against the portion of the perimeter of the disk 90 between thepair of slots 108 and I beyond the open face of disk 90'and 111 is.

108 causing the fingers 107-107 carried by said standard to swingtogether their outer ends so that the candy portion or kiss may begrasped and held by the fingers while the disk oscillates to deliver thesame to'the twisters on the proper side.

llO is a gear rigidly mounted on shaft 91 a1 rack engaging said gear andextending down through the top of table A. The lower end of rack 111i issecured a plate 112 v i which is provided with a vertical slot 112through which the shaft -419extends.

113 is a cam rigidly mounted on shaft 49, and'114c and 114 are tworollers carried by plate 112 and engaging said cam 113 from above andbelow. It is thus evident that the rotation of shaft 19 will reciprocatethe rack 111 and in turn oscillate the wheel 101. it is evident that theoscillation of said wheel 101 will cause the fingers 108-108 to beextended and retracted alternately as the disk 90 oscillates from sideto side. The assemblage of parts is such that when the shoulder 92 is ontop the fingers 107-107 of standard 10 1 are retracted but when thecandy kiss a laid upon its paper square Z2 is dropped down onthe'perimeter of the disk adjacent to the shoulder'92, the fingers107-107 by the rotation of the wheel 101 are forced outwardly and towardeach other so that they grasp the kiss (2 the sides of the paper b beingfolded up vertically when the kiss drops down between the plates 81-81onto the perimeter of the disk.

115 is a circular plate, loosely closing the open face of disk 90 andsecured to an annular gear 116 loosely mounted' upon shaft 91.

117 is a gear, meshing with gear 116, and mounted on shortzshaft 118journaled on table A. 119 is a small gear also mounted on said'shaft 118and engaged by a vertical rack 120 which extends down through the top oftable A and is secured to a plate 121 whichthe shaft 49 extends. 122 isa cam rigidly mounted on said shaft 19 and en-. gaged from above andbelow by rollers 123-123 mounted on plate 121, whereby a verticallyreciprocatinghiotion is imparted to rack 120 and an oscillating motionis imparted through the gears described to the plate 115.

12 1 is a folder plate curved to correspond to the perimeter of the disk90 and mounted on an arm 125 secured to plate 115. It is evident thatthe folder will oscillate along the perimeter of the disk 90. I

126-126 represent a pair of stationary folders, made of resilientmaterial, and mounted one on each side of the disk 90 and consisting ofplates supported by standards 127-127. 128-128 represent leaf springswhich add to the resiliency of said stationary folders. I will nowdescribe the twisters, F-F, two sets of which are provided, one on eachside of the disk v90, and each set consisting of two opposing twisters.I will describe a single set, as illustrative of the constructionprovided on both sides of the machine. Journaled on the table A inlongitudinal alinement are a pair of shafts 12 and 129?, provided at;their adjacent ends with cross heads 1'30 and 130, respectively.

provided with a vertical slot, 121*,through 131--131 and 131 and 131represent two pairs of fingers having outer hooked ends and pivotedrespectively to the extremities of cross heads 130 and 130. The hookedends of said fingers are normally kept spread apart or extended by thesprings 132 and 132 encircling, respectively, the bases or butts offingers 131-131 and 131'--131.

134 and 134 represent cone members loosely mounted on the shafts 129 and129, respectively.

135 and 135 are vertical connecting levers which are attached to cones134 and 134, respectively,and extend downwardly through table A. wherethey are respectively attached to racks 136 and 136, which racks aremounted to slide horizontally from table A. Rack 136 is provided with adownwardly projecting ear 137 to which are pivoted the twin links138-138 whose other ends are pivoted to the upper arm of bell cranklever 139 whose angle is pivoted on transverse shaft 49. The lower armof bell crank lever 139 is provided with a roller 140 which travels incam groove 141 in the face of disk 142 rigidly mounted on shaft 1.

143 is an idle gear journaled from the table A by means of shortvertical shaft 144, and intermeshing with racks 136 and 136, so that thelongitudinal motion imparted to rack 136 from shaft 1 is imparted inturn in a reverse direction to the other rack 136. It is thus evidentthat by the revolution of shaft 1 the cam members 134 and 134 are causedto alternately approach toward and retreat from each other. Theadvancing of the cones 134 and 134 cause the same to enter between thebutts of fingers 131-131 and 131 -431, respectively, forcing said buttsapart and causing the outer hooked ends of said fingers to approach eachother to engage the ends of the paper wrapper, 6 which when the kiss isdelivered to the twisters is simply folded laterally about the kiss, aso that the rotation of the shaft 129 and 129, on which said fingers aremounted, serves to twist the ends of said wrapper as shown in thefinished kiss illustrated in Fig. 19. WVhen said cones have entered asfar as possible between the butts of said fingers, the continued forwardmovement of said cones serve to force the shafts 129 and 129 toward eachother sufiiciently to compensate for the shortening of the paper due tothe twisting operation, thus avoiding tearing the paper, The

retraction of said cones, caused by the movement of the racks, 136 and136", causes them to retreat from between the butts of fingers 131-431and 131 431, respectively, allowing the springs 132*and 132 to contractthe 'hutts of said fingers and extend the hooked ends thereof so thatthe completed .kiss is permitted to fall down through spout 145 into awaiting receptacle. The further retreat of said cones along said shaftsis prevented by the provision of pins or set screws, 146-446 on saidshafts so that as said cones continue their retreat, they move with themthe shafts 129 and 129 until said shafts reach their normal position.

I will now describe the means provided to impart to the twister-s anintermittent rotation in a constant direction. As the mechanism appliedto shafts 129 and 129 is identical I will describe that applied to shaft129.

147 is a bushing, slidably mounted on shaft 129, by means of a featherbut rotating therewith, adjacent to the outer end of said shaft. 148 isa cam surface on said bushing provided with a shoulder 149.

150 is a gear loosely mounted on shaft 129 and 151 is a disk fixed tosaid gear and provided with a spring pawl 152 which is adapted to engageshoulder 149 on bushing 147.

153 is a vertical rack passing down through the table A and pivoted atits lower end to a pitman rod 154, (Figs. 3 and 5,) which is pivoted bymeans of an eccentrically placed wrist pin on the disk 155 mountedrigidly on the end of longitudinal shaft 4. It is evident that the rack153 will be reciprocated by the rotation of shaft 4. A sleeve or guide,156 mounted on table A, is provided to retain rack 153 in properalinement. It is also evident that the upward motion of rack 153 willrotate the loose gear 150 and by means of the pawl the bushing 147 andwith it the twister shaft 129, thus rotating the fingers 131 and 131.However, the downward movement of said rack will not rotate said shaft129 in a reverse direction from the above, since, in such case the pawl152 will simply trail over the cam surface of the bushing 147 withoutengaging the same or rotating it. Intermittent rotation in a constantdirection is thus imparted to said shaft 129.

The operation of my machine is as follows :A roll of paper, 37, ismounted on brackets 38-38, and the loose end, b, of the paper introducedunder roll 39 and worked through rolls 42 and 42 by means of hand wheel52; thence said paper is led under roll 53 and over roll 77 and betweenrolls 59 and 59 through which rolls it is worked by means of hand wheel62. Thence said paper is led between stripper plates 78 and 79, andblades 82 and 83, out upon parallel plates 81'81 into the zone of thecandy knife 21. The candy strip a is worked through rolls 13 and '13 bymeans of the hand lever 15" until'it reaches the zone of the candycut-ting mechanism, C. The machine is now put into general operation bythe application of power to shaft 1. The pivoted blade 83 descends intoengagement with fixed blade 82, shearing from the paper, 6, a square orseeticn of the proper size to form a wrapper, and the knife 21 descendsand cuts from the candy strip a a section or kiss, a of the desiredlength, which section is stripped from the knife 21 by the stripperplate 33 which, as described,lags behind the knife in its ascent. Thekiss, a laid on its wrapper, I), now drops down between the parallelplates 81-81, which act toturn upwardly into a vertical plane thelateral edges of the wrapper, 6 onto the perimeter of the oscillatingdisk 90, resting against either the shoulder 92 or 92*, as the case maybe. Assuming that'the shoulder 92 is above, as soon as the kiss isdeposited on the disk, the wheel 101 has oscillated sufiiciently toextend the standard 104, and with it its fingers 107-107 which extendthrough the apertures 108-108'* and grasp the kiss and its wrapper. Thedisk 90 is now oscillating toward the right in Fig. 11, toward the righthand twisters, GG. The oscillating folder 124, which moves more rapidlythan the disk 90 owing to the interposition of small gear 119 in itsoperating mechanism, overtakes the candy kiss and folds the rear lateraledge of the wrapper down over the top of the kiss, as shown at a in Fig.11. As the kiss enters the zone of the fixed folder 126, the oscillatingfolder 124 begins to retreat in the other direction and the forwardlateral edge of the paper wrapper, which up to this time has remainedvertical, as turned by the plate 81, is engaged by the edge of the fixedfolder 126 and folded down over the top of the kiss as shown at a 6 inFig. 11. When the kiss has reached the zone of the twisters GGr, at theleft of Fig. 11, the fingers 131 131 and 131 -'13 1 of the twistersclose together, clasping the untwisted ends of the wrapper. The fingers107-107 are now retracted by the rotation of wheel 101 so that the kissis supported by the twisters but prevented from. turning with thetwisters by .the fixed folder 126. The shafts 129 and 129, on-the leftside of the machine are now' rotated and the ends of the paper wrappertwisted into substantially the form shown in Fig. 19, the twisters beingadvanced toward each other by means of cone members 134 and 13 1 tocompensate for the .shortening of the paper ends by twisting. WVhen therotation of the twister-s cease, the retreat of the cone members 134 and134:, along the shafts 12S) and .129, respectively, permit the springs132 and 132 to spread the fingers 131-131 and 131-131, respcctivelyso asto release the completed kiss and permit it to drop down spout-145 intoa waiting receptacle. While the disk 90 is delivering a kiss to thetwisters GGr on. the left side of the machine, a second kiss is beingreceived from between the plates 8l-81 on the perimeter of the disk 90adjacent to the shoulder 92 and as the disk 90 is rotated in the reversepieces, said disk adapted to alternately receive direction to that abovedescribed, the secc'ind kiss is folded by oscillating folder-124 fixedfolder 126 and delivered to be twisted to the twisters GG on the rightof the machine as shown inFig. 11. The operation is identical withtliahdescribed above in con nection with kiss a rin a It is thus evidentthat the disk delivers a folded kiss alternately to the twisters ateither side of the machine. The candy cutting and paper shearingmechanisms are timed to deliver to the candy disk a kiss, a on a wrapperb, at

the instant a shoulder, 92 )1 92 reaches its 1 highest point and thestep by step candy and paper feeding mechanisms are timed to furnish theproper lengths of candy and paper to the cutting and shearing mechanismsat the proper moments. It is thus evident that the machine is continuousin its operation and works with great rapidity and accuracy.

If desired, the twisters G-Gr may be omitted and folders substitutedwhich will serve to fold instead of twist the ends of the wrapper, as incaramel work. By providing suflicient capacity in the various por--tions of the mechanism, stick candy may be cut and wrapped successfully.

Many other minor changes and variations will suggest themselves to thoseskilled in the art, all of which, however, are within the scope of myinvention.

Although, forthe sake of clearness, Ihave minutely described theembodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying.

drawings, I do not wish to limit myself thereby but claim broadly 1. Ina candy machine, an oscillating disk adapted to receive the candy piecessuperimposed on their wrappers and deliver them alternately to eitherside of the machine, and means coiiperating with said disk for foldingthe wrappers about said pieces.

2. In a candy machine, a disk'adapted to ,receive the candy piecessuperimposed on their wrappers on its periphery, means for oscillatingsaid disk, means cooperating with said disk for folding the wrappersabout said pieces, and means adapted to receive the pieces from saiddisk and complete their inclosure.

3. In a candy fmachine, a disk adapted to receive the candy piecessuperimposed on their wrappersupon its periphery and de liver the samealternately to either side of the machine, means cotiperating with saiddisk for folding the wrappers about saidand duplicate means at eitherside of candy piece from said disk and complete its inclosure.

' 4. In a candy machine, means adapted to receive the candy -piecessuperimposed upon their wrappers and fold the lateral edges of thewrappersunp vertically,a disk adapted said disk to fold the wrappers abpieces.

' ee aesa to receive said pieces from said first named means upon 1tsperipher means for oscillating said disk, and fol mg mechanism co- 0erating with said disk to fold the lateral e ges of the wrappers downupon the candy pieces. a

5. In a candy machine, means adapted to receive the candy piecessuperimposed on their wrappers and fold the lateral edges of thewrappersup vertically, a disk adapted to receive said pieces from saidfirst mentioned means upon its peri hery, means for oscillating saiddisk, fol in mechanism 006 crating with said disk to old the lateral eges of the wrappers down upon the pieces, and means adapted to receivethe pieces from said disk and complete their inclosure.

6. In a candy machine, means adapted to receive the candy piecessuperimposed on their wrappers and fold the lateral ed es of thewrappers up vertically, an oscillatin disk adapted to receive the piecesfrom said first mentioned means and deliver them alternately to eitherside of the machine, folding mechanism coiiperating with said disk tofold the lateral edges of the. wrappers down upon the pieces andduplicate means at either side of said disk adapted to alternatelyreceive a piece from said disk and,

complete its inclosure.

7. In a candy machine, a disk adapted to receive the candy piecessuperimposed upon their wrappers upon its periphery, means foroscillating said disk, and an oscillating folder and a-fixed foldercooperatin with itth'e 8.' In a candy machine, a disk adapted to receivethe candy pieces superimposed on their wrappers upon its periphery,means for oscillatin said disk, an oscillating folder and a fixed foldercooperating with said disk to fold the wra pers about said pieces, andmeans adapted to receive the pieces from the disk and complete theirinclosure.

9. In a candy machine, a disk adapted to receive the candy piecessuperimposed on their wrappers upon its periphery and deliver saidpieces alternately at either side of the machine, a fixed folder oneither side of said disk, an oscillating folder cooperating with saiddisk and said fixed folders to fol the lateral edges of the wrappersdown upon said pieces and duplicate means at either side of said diskada ted to alternately receive a piece from sai disk and complete itsinclosure.

10. In a candy machine, means for folding the lateral edges of thewrapper upvertically against the candy piece, a disk adapted to receivethe piece from said first mentioned means upon its'peri hery, means foroscillating said disk, an an oscillating folder and a fixed foldercooperating with said disk to foldthe lateral edges of the wrapper downupon said piece.

11. In a candy machine, means for folding the lateral edges of thewrapper up ver-- tically, a disk ada ted to receive the candy piecesuper-impose upon its wrapper upon its periphery from said firstmentioned means, means for oscillatin said disk, an oscillating folderand a fixe folder coo erating with said disk to fold the lateral e gesof the wrapper down upon said piece, and means adapted to receive saidpiece from said disk and complete its inclosure.

12. Ina candy machine, means for folding the lateral edges of thewrapper down upon the candy pieces, an oscillating disk adapted toreceive the pieces from said first mentioned means upon itat'pe'ripheryand de- Iliver them alternately to either side of the machine, a fixedfolder on either side of said disk, an oscillating folder cooperatingalternately with said fixed folders to fold the lateral edges of thewrappers down 11 on the pieces, and duplicate means on cit ier side ofsaid disk adapted to alternately re ceive a piece and complete itsinclosure.

Signed at Pittsburg, Penna, this 25 day of February, 1999.

WILLIAM J PENDLEBERRY.

